hoodie

hood·ie
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Australia, US, UK/ˈhʊdi/British, Southern, Standard/ˈhɵdɪj/Northern Ireland, Scotland/ˈhʉde/Northern Ireland, Scotland/-dɪ/

noun

A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.

“You can buy hoodies on the cheap in summer.”

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

nounhoodie (plural hoodies)

plural hoodies · alternative hoody

  1. A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.

    You can buy hoodies on the cheap in summer.

    Synonyms: kangaroo, kangaroo jacket, bunny hug

  2. UKderogatoryoftenslangA young person wearing such a sweatshirt, usually a male, stereotypically associated with antisocial behaviour.

    David Cameron will completely re-engineer the Conservatives' image on crime this week with a remarkable speech calling for more understanding of 'hoodies' and criticising what he calls short-term solutions to curb youth crime such as anti-social behaviour orders and curfews.

    2006 July 9, Gaby Hinsliff, “Cameron softens crime image in 'hug a hoodie' call”, in The Guardian
    1 more example

    En route, we dropped by the home of Lips — one of the very few gang members who still lived with his mother — to pick up some clothes for Tuggy. There, we discussed which pair of trainers to bring him — no small decision, as the soul of the hoodie resides in his trainers.

    2012 June 26, Harriet Sergeant, “The only place my hoodie friend felt at home? Prison”, in Mail Online
  3. slangA foreskin.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.

Origin

From hood + -ie (diminutive suffix). In sense “person wearing a hoodie”, influenced by sense -ie (“person associated with suffixed noun, often derogatory”); compare townie.

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Translations

Catalan dessuadora
  • dessuadorasweatshirt, with an integral hood
Chinese Cantonese hoodie
  • hoodiesweatshirt, with an integral hood
Chinese Mandarin 連帽衫 /连帽衫, 帽T
  • 連帽衫 /连帽衫 (liánmàoshān)sweatshirt, with an integral hood
  • 帽T (màotì)sweatshirt, with an integral hood
Finnish huppari, huppu
  • hupparisweatshirt, with an integral hood
  • huppuslang: foreskin
French sweat à capuche
  • sweat à capuchesweatshirt, with an integral hood
German Kapuzenpullover, Kapuzenpulli
  • Kapuzenpulloversweatshirt, with an integral hood
  • Kapuzenpullisweatshirt, with an integral hood
  • Hoodiesweatshirt, with an integral hood
  • Kapuzenträgeryoung person wearing such a sweatshirt
Greek χούντι, φούτερ
  • χούντι (choúnti)sweatshirt, with an integral hood
  • φούτερsweatshirt, with an integral hood
Hungarian kapucnis fiatal
  • kapucnis fiatalyoung person wearing such a sweatshirt
Icelandic hettupeysa
  • hettupeysasweatshirt, with an integral hood
Italian felpa
  • felpasweatshirt, with an integral hood
Japanese フード, パーカー
  • フード (fūdo)sweatshirt, with an integral hood
  • パーカー (pākā)sweatshirt, with an integral hood
Korean 후드, 후드티
  • 후드 (hudeu)sweatshirt, with an integral hood
  • 후드티 (hudeuti)sweatshirt, with an integral hood
Polish bluza z kapturem, osoba nosząca bluzę z kapturem
  • bluza z kapturemsweatshirt, with an integral hood
  • osoba nosząca bluzę z kapturemyoung person wearing such a sweatshirt
  • napletslang: foreskin
Portuguese moletom, capuz
  • moletomsweatshirt, with an integral hood
  • capuzsweatshirt, with an integral hood
Romanian hanorac
  • hanoracsweatshirt, with an integral hood
Russian ху́ди, толсто́вка
  • ху́ди (xúdi)sweatshirt, with an integral hood
  • толсто́вкаsweatshirt, with an integral hood
  • балахо́нsweatshirt, with an integral hood
Spanish sudadera con capucha, sudadera
  • sudadera con capuchasweatshirt, with an integral hood
  • sudaderasweatshirt, with an integral hood
  • capucherasweatshirt, with an integral hood
  • capuchasweatshirt, with an integral hood
  • encapuchadosweatshirt, with an integral hood
  • buzosweatshirt, with an integral hood
  • encapuchadoyoung person wearing such a sweatshirt
Swedish huvtröja, luvtröja
  • huvtröjasweatshirt, with an integral hood
  • luvtröjasweatshirt, with an integral hood
  • munktröjasweatshirt, with an integral hood
  • munkjackasweatshirt, with an integral hood
  • hoodiesweatshirt, with an integral hood
Thai เสื้อฮู้ด
  • เสื้อฮู้ด (S̄eụ̄̂x ḥū̂ d)sweatshirt, with an integral hood
Turkish kapüşonlu
  • kapüşonlusweatshirt, with an integral hood

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hoodie

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Cite this entry
APA

hoodie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoodie

MLA

“hoodie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoodie. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hoodie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoodie.

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